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Dylan Burns on Sethian Gnosticism
Apr 21, 2021
Copticist and scholar Dylan Burns discusses Platonistic Sethian tractates and the movements behind them. Topics include the usage of the term 'Gnosticism' among scholars, the distinction between Sethian Gnosticism and the Sathians, neoplatonism language in the Sethian Corpus, the concept of penuma in Stoicism and early Christian literature, the omnipresence and providence of God according to the Sethians, and the complexity of the Gnostic myth.
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- Sethian Gnosticism separates God from the creator of the world and elevates human beings above creation.
- Scholars debate the term 'Gnosticism' and its usage, but agree on a distinctive body of literature that challenges the biblical creator.
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The Origin of the Sethian Gnostic Traditions
The Sethian Gnostic tradition is a set of literature from antiquity that separates God from the creator of the world and elevates human beings above creation. Sethian Gnosticism venerates Seth as a revealer or savior, often equating him with a divine figure himself.
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